This past week I shot photos of people. I went out on a photo walk that Camera Mall was hosting and shot some pictures of people on the walk and around the Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor. The photo walk was with Olympus Visionary, Frank Smith. I learned a lot from him and I am glad I went. Along the photo walk, we ran into this man that had rather beautiful eyes and a fashionable outfit, he looked like a model. The leader, Frank Smith, stopped this man and asked if we could take some photos of him. He was very excited about the idea of having his own photo shoot, so we shot away. Some of the things he suggested for taking pictures of people were to manually focus in on the eyes. On that particular day it was sunny, so he recommended having 100-300 ISO. Also, since all that needs to be in focus in a portrait shot is the face, he recommended blurring the background with 4.0-8.0 f/stops. I received very helpful feedback from him. Besides learning about portrait photography, I asked him about how he does his night sky photography. He told me that he likes to have an object in front of some of the stars for size reference. He said that you have to light that object up with red light for the most balanced photo. In his photos he had hoodoos from Bryce Canyon National Park, but he said any interesting object would do. He also suggested a really high ISO and long exposure. Another thing that I learned from Mr. Smith was how to shoot starburst shots. A starburst is when the sun is just barely peaking through the leaves of trees, in this case, and it creates this six pointed star. You can do this by being in the right spot, so you can faintly observe the starburst with your eye and have 20-30 f/stop. After the photo walk, I explored East Ann Arbor and found some other cool compositions with people. I continued to use the compositions I learned in the first photo assignment. Shutter Speed: 1/100 Second Aperture: f/stop 5.6 ISO: 100 In Lightroom, all I did was crop the photo down from a full body shot to a face and chest shot. Also, I made it black and white so you would focus more on the details of the photo, not the color.
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